Parent – Coach Communication Guide
Parent/Staff Communication
Involvement requires commitment for students, parents, and coaches. To be successful, communication must happen.
COMMUNICATION YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM YOUR STUDENT’S COACH
- When and where are practices and contests?
- What is the coach’s philosophy?
- What are the expectations the coach has for all the players on the squad as well as your student?
- What is required to be a part of the team, i.e. fees, special equipment, off-season conditioning?
- When your child is injured during participation.
- Any discipline action of your child that results in removal from participation.
IF YOU HAVE A
CONCERN TO DISCUSS WITH A COACH, WHAT PROCEDURE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED
- Contact the coach directly by telephone or schedule an appointment time to meet with him/her.
- If the coach cannot be reached, call the Athletic Director to arrange a meeting.
- Please
do not attempt to confront a coach before, during, or following a contest
or practice. These are emotional times for both the parent and the coach and
this period does not promote objective analysis of the situation.
WHAT CAN A PARENT
DO IF THE MEETING WITH THE COACH DID NOT PROVIDE A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION
- Call and set up an appointment with the Athletic Director to discuss the situation.
- At this meeting, the appropriate next step can be determined.
We are continually attempting to improve communication with the students and parents. For our programs to be truly successful, it is necessary that everyone involved understand the direction the program is headed. That understanding begins today.
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal – it
is courage that counts.”